He won't get the Bryant-Denny Stadium experience, but Alabama still has a chance to impress a key recruit tonight as the Crimson Tide plays at Kentucky.

Elizabethtown (Ky.) John Hardin defensive tackle Matt Elam, one of Alabama's top remaining targets for 2014, is among the visitors on hand for Saturday night's Kentucky-Alabama game at Commonwealth Stadium.

"I'm not really looking to see Kentucky beat Alabama, because it probably won't happen. I'm looking to see atmosphere," Elam told 247Sports. "I'm looking to see atmosphere. ... You're not going to change a program overnight, but they're working at it hard and I like that."

The home-state Wildcats are Alabama's top competition for Elam (6-6, 350), a five-star prospect according to 247Sports who is also considering Notre Dame, Louisville, Ohio State and Tennessee. While he would seem to be a perfect fit at nose tackle in Alabama's 3-4 defense, he also played center for the first time Friday night in John Hardin's 35-6 win over Louisville-Jeffersontown.

"Coach Saban and Coach Thompson talk to me all the time about how they're kind of low on D-tackles and nose guards right now," Elam told 247Sports. They said they feel like I could come in and play early. That's not something you always see at Alabama."

Scarbrough, the only running back commit in Alabama's 2014 class, turned in another big performance Friday in a 49-3 win over Lake Minneola, rushing for 158 yards and two touchdowns. He now has 1,373 yards and 17 total touchdowns in seven games this year.